Gao Ling

Gao Ling
Personal information
Country	China
Born	(1979-03-14) March 14, 1979 Wuhan, Hubei, China
Height	168 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Weight	58 kg (128 lb)
Event	Women's & mixed doubles
Medal record Badminton Representing  China Olympic Games 2000 Sydney Mixed doubles 2004 Athens Mixed doubles 2004 Athens Women's doubles 2000 Sydney Women's doubles World Championship 2001 Seville Women's doubles 2001 Seville Mixed doubles 2003 Birmingham Women's doubles 2006 Madrid Women's doubles World Cup 2006 Yiyang Women's doubles Uber Cup 2000 Kuala Lumpur Uber Cup 2002 Guangzhou Uber Cup 2004 Jakarta Uber Cup 2006 Tokyo Uber Cup 2008 Jakarta Uber Cup Sudirman Cup 2001 Seville Sudirman Cup 2005 Beijing Sudirman Cup 2007 Glasgow Sudirman Cup
BWF profile

Gao Ling (Chinese: 高崚; pinyin: Gāo Líng; born March 14, 1979, in Wuhan, Hubei; China) is a female badminton player from the People's Republic of China.

Career

Noted for her consistency, anticipation, forecourt prowess, and sporting smile, Gao is one of the most successful doubles players in the history of women's badminton. Her four Olympic badminton medals are the most of any player. At one time or another she has won titles at almost every top tier tournament in the world. Gao has earned four gold medals (among nine medals in total) at the BWF World Championships, three of them in women's doubles with Huang Sui (2001, 2003, and 2006) and one of them in mixed doubles with Zhang Jun (2001). She and Zhang Jun also won consecutive gold medals in mixed doubles at the 2000 and 2004 Olympics, overcoming severe tests in both. Gao has not earned an Olympic gold medal in women's doubles, a relative gap in her resume, but earned a bronze medal in 2000 with Qin Yiyuan, and a silver medal with Huang Sui in 2004. From 2001 through 2006 she and Huang also captured a record six consecutive women's doubles titles at the venerable All-England Championships. Their All-England streak was finally broken in the semifinals of the 2007 tournament by fellow countrywomen Zhang Yawen and Wei Yili. Gao has also shared five All-England mixed doubles titles, three with Zhang Jun (2001, 2003, and 2006), and two with Zheng Bo (2007 and 2008). She has been a member of the perennial world champion Chinese Uber Cup (women's international) team since 2000.

References

Cited

External links

• Chinese Olympic Committee page
• Gao Ling at BWF.tournamentsoftware.com
  
• "Gao Ling". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC.